अर्जुन उवाच | अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः | अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः ||३-३६||
arjuna uvāca . atha kena prayukto.ayaṃ pāpaṃ carati pūruṣaḥ . anicchannapi vārṣṇeya balādiva niyojitaḥ ||3-36||
- arjunaḥ uvāca
- Arjuna said
- atha
- then
- kena
- by what
- prayuktaḥ
- impelled
- ayam
- one
- pāpam
- sins
- carati
- does
- pūruṣaḥ
- a man
- anicchan
- without desiring
- api
- although
- vārṣṇeya
- O descendant of Vṛṣṇi
- balāt
- by force
- iva
- as if
- niyojitaḥ
- engaged
Arjuna said: O descendant of Vṛṣṇi, by what is one impelled to sinful acts, even unwillingly, as if engaged by force?